#kendra screen tag

[dragonswithjetpacks]

“We’ll never make it out of here...”

“We have to try...”

[diona-98]

Rottmnt leo aus!

Time to tag the people 💀

(If you guys can't find your leo, just send me an ask then i will screen shot it for you!)

KL (Kid Leo): @angelpuns

EW (Empyrean Weeping): @cupcakeslushie

LS (Little Subject): @allyheart707

LM: SMB (Life Mission: Save My Brothers): @daedelweiss

TD (Tentative Devotee): @s0fti3w1tch

SL (Separated Leo): @dianagj-art

Gemini: @tangledinink

2AL (2 Arms Left): @intotheelliwoods

CAS (Cass Apocalyptic Series): @somerandomdudelmao

TMNT 04: @koolaidashley

Hidden Hero: @egg04

TN (The Night): @y0unginhumans

RR (Red Rover): @theserpentsnight

BS (Battle Scars): @kaysdenofchaos

EMD (Even More of a Disaster): @teaableu/@3lectricinsomnia

Totpocalypse: @pastadorable

TMNT Double or Nothing: @mobiitez

Addams! TMNT: @lackablazeical

NFOE (New Friends Old Enemies): @sunydays

Mertles: @qquewpp

The Kendra Childhood: @zeawesomeness

Unnamed Separated : @v-albion (lol, i know it doesnt have a name yet but still want to include it)

Wretched Little Pests: @abbeyofcyn/@noxvee6/@spacemimz

The 4 Servents: @angelosorangebandana

Cowboy leo: @rufwoof (idk if this is an actual AU but still want to include cowboy leo cuz i love him)

TMNT aberration: @probably-not-a-rutabaga

Celestial: @ashwii

Villainous Brothers: @signanothername

Mutant Manhunt: @baskeigh-ball

Is This Right?: @cruilty-ink (ink, im sorry but i accidentally drew him curse, i tried man 😭)

Battle Racing: @apollo-not-in-space

TMNT Redline: @0ddbugs/@coffinpal

ANLFM (A Ninjas Life For Me): @triona-tribblescore

[callsign-phoenix]

I wrote this as a part of my advent calendar fics, I hope you like it!

It is a Robert ‘Bob’ Floyd x gn!reader imagine.

Thank you @marvelandotherfandomimagines for proofreading!

Day 7: cozy Christmas movie rewatch

Warnings: none

“We’re not watching that new animated version of the Grinch, Jim Carrey is the best there is,” Bob said expressively, sitting beside you on the couch and shaking his head vehemently.

You had suggested watching the animated version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which was met with uncharacteristic resistance on his part.

But Bob loved the Grinch, he even wore a sweater with a quote of his almost daily.

“I know, baby, I know, but try to give it a chance! It’s supposed to be good, and it won’t make the other film stop existing if we try to watch this one,” you argued, and he bit his lips in reply.

“I won’t force you,” you added, but the puppy dog eyes you shot his way spoke volumes about how you felt.

So Bob didn’t argue, he simply accepted his fate begrudgingly.

“I’m sorry, baby, but sometimes you have to be open to try something new,” you told him, and he blinked at you repeatedly.

“Plus Benedict’s voice is too sexy to miss out on it,” you winked, and Bob grabbed the remote.

To be honest you didn’t think Bob would like the film, even if you knew you would.

The green creature walked and lamented across the screen with the occasional vocal performance, which you genuinely loved to see and hear.

You also loved the dog and reindeer and the cuteness of it all, it was just comforting to see, and the film was different enough from the other one that you didn’t have any trouble liking it.

Christmas cookies and other sweets were quickly devoured and when the movie finished you sat there silently, waiting on your boyfriend’s verdict.

Bob took a few seconds until he looked at you, blinking a few times before he opened his mouth to speak.

You could see a blush creeping up on his cheeks which made you smile, knowing exactly why it was appearing there.

“Alright, his voice convinced me,” Bob mumbled, his eyes falling from yours to land to the hands he had intertwined in his lap.

He was fiddling with his fingers and you moved your hand to put them onto his, sending him a knowing smile that was also filled with love.

“I know, that’s why I showed it to you,” you chuckled.

Both of you sat there in silence for a minute before you spoke up, your smile growing into a grin much like the Grinch’s.

“We should watch more of his movies after Christmas. If you like his voice here you should try watching the Hobbit,” you said, feeling a shudder run down your spine at the memory of the tone he used in that.

Bob’s eyes searched yours and he nodded gingerly, your excitement catching onto him as well.

tagging: @wildbornsiren @mayhem24-7forever @green-socks @hederasgarden @letsfvckingdance @shadeds-library @a-reader-and-a-writer @yespolkadotkitty @whateverbagman @neptunes-curse @sweetheartlizzie07 @top-gun-rooster @iloveprettyboysblog @ateliefloresdaprimavera @imjess-themess @littlebadariell @angstyjellybean @marchingicenotes7 @midget713 @supernaturaldawning @gspenc @adorephina @gigisimsonmars @pansexualwitchwhoneedstherapy @bespinnn @softromantist @malindacath @aerangi @kassieesworld @oliviah-25 @kwanimations @18crazybutcutealsopsycho @glowingtree @natasharomanoffisbaebby @luckyladycreator2 @blue-aconite @tipsykeen @airedale17 @iangiemae @uwiuwi @princessofglitterland @ycarlii @teti-menchon0604 @butaneandthebeast @call-sign-hurricane @eggscrambler84 @mavericksicybabe @kendra-rose @desert-fern

(please tell me if you want to be added to the taglist, or use this link)

[menacingmetal]

OC Name Meaning

got tagged by @nowandthane THANK YOUUU ✨

Rules: google and post the meaning of your OC'S name (if you made their name up or they go by a nickname, post an explanation of how it came to you)! bonus if you can find something for their last name too.

ill just do my main ish lil guys

Kendra Shepard: named them after one of my first internet friends bc I liked the name... "Meaning “knowing.” Other potential meanings of this ancient name include “royal power,” “bold power,” and “chief hero.” guess that fits for a Shepard lol

Reyes: My beloved courier six, "The literal translation into English is 'kings', but could also be translated as 'royals' or 'royalty'" I knew of this recently but this was completely unintentional when naming her, but fits so well due to her history of being apart of the Kings. Has a bit of a kinship with Old Lady Gibson's dog named Rey bc of this, but has an awkward relationship with Rex (again bc of her history with the Kings)

Akari and Killian: I named Akari that specifically because I knew the meaning of it before hand, "meaning 'bright village,' 'vermillion/crimson' or 'white jasmine'" I knew it meant bright, and Aka means red which is her main colour.

Killian is named after Killian Darkwater from Fallout 1 bc when I was playing the game I just thought it sounded cool lol. (and also bc they were manufactured by Kansas Robotics in universe and wanted to keep something similar to that) "This name comes from the Celtic word ceallach, and translates to “bright-headed” and “little warrior.” what a coinkydink with bright headed cus Killian's head is literally screen that can glow LMFAO. and also little warrior, thats another cool coincidence since they were manufactured to be a ground troop soldier bot

no pressure tags: @faradayys @plasmadefender talk about ur ocs NOW!!!!! ☝️

[sourrcandy]

last line tag

tagged by @veneritia and @thewritersplace bc ive been slacking off on tag games and let these pile up anyways two birds one post ig

from knights, although it's been a while since i've touched it xx

“Anonymity is a weapon, wield it, manipulate it, exploit it. You follow Sage to clean up, no distractions,” Reginald would tell her, swaying in his spinny chair as he turns the projector off. The inkblots flicker away to leave a white screen, so shiny that she can see her own reflection staring back. “It’s simple, really. When there are two of something, one is the primary. You, Storm, are the other.”

tagging @cheshawrites @ajnata @charitet and back at you kendra

[opinated-user]

(Mummy anon) There's also a bit towards the end where the white girl of the couple gets a whip and Lily jokes that her black girlfriend would like it. Sure, it could just be Lily being gross with her kinks again, but she maybe could've thought about how a white woman using a whip on her black girlfriend looks really bad on her part.

(please, if you want to watch the video don't forget to replace "you" for "hook" to view it without giving it any views. here's the link you end up with: https://cinemaphile.com/watch?v=Vf_hUx5y0m8 don't give LO any views whenever possible. these is just the easiest way to avoid that if you are on desktop but i'm sure there must be others) the moment you talk about starts at 14:04: "hell, we can give Kendra a fucking whip. that would be awesome. kala'd like it" with this image on screen.

LO is shoving her kinks without warning into a video that has nothing to do with her kinks again, but she's also really revealing to everyone that her sexual fantasy includes a white woman beating a black woman with a whip and the black woman loving it... while the white woman represent not one but two white colonizer power fantasies. not just the guy from the mummy but also indiana jones. on a vaccum a white character doing kinky things with a black partner could be perfectly okay, but given this context in which this white character is going around literally stealing artifacts from other cultures, proffiting off them and on the way probably killing many people who are not white from those cultures? that makes it even worse. what she probably wanted to make (since she was talking about a teaming up that would go against dracula) was a genderbent of Simon Belmon from castlevania that would whip her way across enemies. that alone could have been fine, but the setting and all the implications that surround it make it full of awful slavery imagery and racist history. remember how the "maybe politics as a fandom video" included "jokes" about vaush fans being into raceplay of all things, of all tags and categories that anyone could dislike? i'm starting to feel that was also projection. to say that LO didn't even thought about the awful implications is being generous, btw, because the worse interpretations is that she was fully conscious of the problem and liked it because of it.

[dimension-20-every-introduction]

Welcome! Before you go further, please note you are most undoubtedly entering spoiler territory for several seasons of Dimension 20, Collegehumor/Dropout's dnd anthology series! Okay, continue!

“Intro cards” as I’m calling them refer to the screen that appears and shows the official art whenever an NPC is introduced, a scene is described, etc. This includes but is not limited to NPC introductions, PC introductions and full statblocks in combat episodes, full maps (no zoom-ins because I don’t hate myself), specific scene stills, clues, or otherwise cool moments involving official art I want to capture and compile.

The artists who have drawn the official art are all listed below, as well as the tags and/or spoiler tags for each season where introduction cards have been compiled:

General: #dimension 20 spoilers, #dimension 20, #questions for me, #d20 introductions, #not d20 introductions, #d20 introduction analysis

Fantasy High (Freshman Year): Art by Victor Rosas II (characters) and Mark Ledgerwood (maps)

Escape From the Bloodkeep: Art by Land Wolf Toussaint

The Unsleeping City (Chapter 1): Art by Kendra Wells

Tiny Heist: Art by Alec Grosso

A Crown of Candy: Art by Samir Barrett (characters) and Jon Pintar (map)

Fantasy High (Sophomore Year): Art by Victor Rosas II (characters) and Mark Ledgerwood (maps)

Pirates of Leviathan: Art by Victor Rosas II (characters) and Mark Ledgerwood (maps)

The Unsleeping City (Chapter 2): Art by Kendra Wells. #tuc2 (COMPLETE)

Mice and Murder: Art by Tucker Donovan. #mice and murder, #mice and murder spoilers (COMPLETE)

Misfits and Magic: Art by Adrián Ibarra Lugo (characters) and William Kirkby (map). #mismag, #mismag spoilers (COMPLETE)

The Seven: Art by Anneliese Mak (characters), Calum Gillies (map), and Mark Ledgerwood (maps). #7d20, #7d20 spoilers, #the seven, #the seven spoilers (COMPLETE)

Shriek Week: Art by Bee Arakaki. #shriek week, #shriek week spoilers (COMPLETE)

A Starstruck Odyssey: Art by Amy Reeder. #a starstruck odyssey, #a starstruck odyssey spoilers (COMPLETE)

Coffin Run: Art by VooDooVal (characters), John Abbiss (map). #coffin run, #coffin run spoilers (COMPLETE)

A Court of Fey and Flowers: Art by Faith Schaffer. #acofaf, #acofaf spoilers (COMPLETE)

Neverafter: Art by Giuseppe Lama and Victor Van Dort. #neverafter, #neverafter spoilers (COMPLETE)

The Ravening War: Art by Samir Barrett (characters), Jon Pintar (map). #the ravening war, #the ravening war spoilers, #acoc:trw, #trw (COMPLETE)

Dungeons and Drag Queens: Art by Savana @danyelss (IG), @danyelss2 (twt). #dungeons and drag queens, #dndq, #dndq spoilers (COMPLETE)

Mentopolis: Art by Allison Cooper. #mentopolis, #mentopolis spoilers, #d20 mentopolis (COMPLETE)

Burrow’s End: Art by Annalise Jensen. #burrow’s end, #burrow’s end spoilers, #d20 burrow’s end (COMPLETE)

Fantasy High (Junior Year): Art by Cait May (@caitmayart) (characters, background projections) and Jon Pintar and Arcane Canvas Studio (map). #fantasy high junior year, #fhjy, #d20 fhjy (COMPLETE)

Never Stop Blowing Up: Art by Cait May (@caitmayart). #never stop blowing up, #nsbu, #nsbu spoilers (IN PROGRESS)

If you have any requests for additional tagging (triggers, mentions, etc) feel free to send an ask and I’ll apply them!

[theinsiderrp]

LIBERTY AWARDS CEREMONY: FRIDAY

on friday, we’ll be wrapping up the tour with an award ceremony hosted at liberty hall. be sure to attend, come looking your best and get ready for a night of well deserved celebrations! (if i’ve missed anything, it’s probs bc it wasn’t in the tag) 

MUSIC 

BEST SINGLE  baby one more time - addy coleman  drivers lisence - violet carson  come and get it - yasmine hernandez can’t be tamed - salem quinn  kill this love - blackpink  señorita - (g)-idle without me - amelia collins  lie lie lie - roman sloan  la di die - emmett x maeve 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO  deja vu - violet carson  potential break-up song - haley x ally  judas - luna aarons  i knew you were trouble - lottie bradford  kill this love - blackpink  all the good girls go to hell - lily sinclair  WAP - sabrina x mila 

BEST GROUP  blackpink  (g)-idle  straykids  itzy  mcfly  the neighbourhood  pussycat dolls  paramore 

RISING ARTIST nicolai montgomery  pippa carmichael  maeve hamilton whitney cruz  aliyah haven  nicolas castillo 

BEST FEMALE  addy coleman  lottie bradford  lily sinclair  haley cortes-smith  violet carson  mila woods  sabrina wilson  luna aarons 

BEST MALE  avery winslow  roman sloan maverick wilson  noah aarons  BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE honey, honey (mamma mia) - amy sinclair  everything i wanted - amy sinclair  red - lottie bradford  la di die - emmett x maeve  airplanes - amelia x maverick  savage - sabrina wilson  daddy issues - the neighbourhood 

ACTING 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES  high school musical the series enola holmes  she-ra  doctor who  umbrella academy  ginny & georgia  outerbanks 

BEST FILM  emma teen beach movie  me before you  to all the boys i’ve loved before 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR  flynn thompson (euphoria) bianca rosini-harrington (euphoria) kai powell (enola holmes)  lennox quinn (she-ra)  maddie barham (she-ra)

BEST SCREEN STAR (1 female vs 1 male) roman sloan (hsmts)  violet carson (hsmts)  kitty-lee henshaw (euphoria)  maeve hamilton (euphoria)  louisa carmichael (dr who)  august gomez (marcus barker)  phoenix kim (umbrella academy)  freddie eccleston (umbrella academy) sofia higgins (she-ra)  aimee sinclair (tatbilb) 

ARTISTIC VISUALS 

ARTISTIC VISION AWARD  dylan powell victoria carmichael  brie ramsey river henshaw 

BEST ARTISTIC COLLECTION  2 sides, 1 city - dylan powell los angeles art collection - victoria carmichael  stupid fucking bitch - brie ramsy  on tour collection - river henshaw

FASHION 

RISING MODEL ally cortes smith delena dawn  delilah calloway  luna aarons  BEST MODEL AWARD  perrie calloway  harlow carmichael  fleur carmichael  kendra mayfair 

BEST DESIGNER AWARD  callie castillo aurora kingsley  dixie carmichael  fleur carmichael

FUN/PERSONALITY/JOKE AWARDS

HEART-THROB AWARD (female)  daisy romano  grace romano delilah calloway  tilly cruz-mendoza  victoria carmichael  sofia higgins  dapne coleman

HEART-THROB AWARD (male)  jay hamilton lennox quinn  ethan harwood  jihoon kang  kit powell  dawson castillo peter romano 

GHOSTING AWARD nila lin tomos smith dylan powell   odin napier  thea cruz-mendoza  joshua kinglsey  maddie amari-barham  carter romano

CHART TOPPER AWARD - 10 lowest rankers violet  louisa  lottie addy  haley  avery  amelia youngmi  brie  yasmine

CHART TANKER AWARD - 10 highest rankers  aiden peter c sungjin san rowan alana eric carter dominico judah 

ULTIMATES

RISING STAR AWARD 

perrie calloway emmett hamilton  flynn thompson daphne coleman  freddie eccleston  whitney cruz  minhyuck heo  nate harwood 

STAR QUALITY AWARD 

louisa carmichael   addy coleman   avery winslow  roman sloan   aliyah haven   youi moon  elodie gwan fleur carmichael 

[dragonswithjetpacks]

Escape Lothering...

[singledarkshade]

Deadly Puzzle

Part Two (Part One can be found here) CCPD was busy when Rip and Gideon walked towards Captain West’s office, he appeared just before they reached the door and motioned them to follow him to where everyone had congregated.

“We received the following letter about an hour ago.” West said, as the letter was projected onto the screen, “It has been authenticated. It's from the Yin-Yang killer.” There was a stunned silence from the older members of the force who looked horrified, while the younger ones looked confused. “Pay close attention,” West ordered before he read, “Hey, everybody, I'm back, for one night only. I'm going to kill someone tonight. Guess who? Guess where? Guess how? This is going to be so much fun. Signed, Mr. Yang.”

Rip grimaced, sensing what was coming and wrapped his arm around Gideon when West glanced their way before he continued.

“He's looking for a new challenger,” West stated, “That's what he does.”

Harrison spoke up, “Chief, I believe he's speaking to me. Trust me, I'm ready.”

West grimaced and moved to the next page, a photograph of Gideon taken after she’d solved the ‘Dinosaur Murder’.

Rip’s arm tightened around Gideon before he asked, “What do we have on his description?”

“We don't,” West told them, “We've never had any age, ethnicity or physical description. The harsh truth is that this is his game. And we just have to play along with him.”

Gideon frowned, “That's a terrific plan.”

“Especially since it's worked out so well in the past,” Harrison noted.

“Chief,” Ray Palmer called, “The Mayor's on the phone.”

West sighed, “Oh, here we go. Detective Wells, introduce Gideon and Rip to our point person.”

Harrison motioned to them to follow him across the room, “Listen up, you two…”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Gideon cut Harrison off, moving away from Rip, “Getting...I'm getting something already.”

Surprised Harrison demanded, “What? What is it?”

Gideon touched her hand to her temple, “I can see the killer.”

Kendra looked surprised, “Already?”

Gideon nodded, “Yes. And I know exactly where he is.”

Everybody stared at her as Gideon turned and pointed to the man sitting quietly in the corner, “Right there. Come on, that's our guy.”

Kendra winced, “Gideon…”

“Gideon,” Harrison took over, “This is Cisco Ramon, our profiler from the Serial Homicide and Abduction Task Force. He is very familiar with the patterns of our killer.”

She rolled her eyes, “Because he’s following them.”

“Gideon,” Rip murmured warningly, making her turn and cross her eyes at him.

“Nice to meet you both,” Cisco stood and offered his hand.

Rip instantly shook his hand, while Gideon frowned before doing the same.

Gideon studied him, “You’re looking a little pale and green.”

Cisco laughed, “Just getting over food-poisoning. My friend’s girlfriend is not the best in the kitchen.”

“Since we’re all friends now,” Harrison interrupted, “How about you give us the information?”

Cisco nodded, “Mr. Yang is the most notorious killer this city has never seen. He claimed six victims when he first appeared ten years ago, and has resurfaced twice, claiming a single victim in each instance. He only resurfaces when he feels there's a worthy opponent,” he looked at Gideon, “Now, his M.O. is to challenge us with the opportunity to save the victims by solving his riddles.”

Gideon piped up, “Quick question about what you ate?”

Rip frowned slightly but Cisco didn’t seem perturbed by Gideon’s random thought stream.

“Chicken casserole,” Cisco grimaced as he thought back before explaining, “I was trying not to hurt her feelings.”

“Now we’ve covered that,” Harrison interrupted testily, “Can we get on with this?”

“Yin-Yang,” Cisco continued looking slightly chastised, “The origin of this Chinese symbol is the unity of opposites. Two opposing, and at the same time, complementary aspects. Dark versus light. Killer versus cop. Kramer versus Kramer.”

Rolling his eyes that he now had two geniuses who couldn’t just get to the point, Harrison demanded, “Just show them the riddle.”

Cisco nodded and recited, “She serves the General well today whose soldiers wait to die. In a white river they shall pay for them she will not cry. Who is she?”

Gideon frowned as she began to turn the words around in her head.

“The riddle came with this stopwatch already running,” West said as he exited his office looking grim, “One of his classic moves.” West held up the stopwatch, “We've got one hour and ten minutes, people.”

“Generals and soldiers,” Harrison mused, “She'd be in the military,” he yelled, “Palmer!”

Ray Palmer, the CCPD’s equivalent of a golden retriever appeared, “Yes, sir?”

“I want you to contact every military base in an 80-mile radius,” the Detective ordered, “Find out if any female personnel have gone AWOL in the last 48 hours.”

Cisco shook his head, “You have to remember it’s your psychic he wants to play with, each riddle will relate to her personally.”

All eyes turned to Gideon and Kendra asked, “Do you have any thoughts, Gideon?”

With a sweet smile, Gideon nodded, “Yes, Kendra I do. First of all, his rhyming skills are rudimentary at best. ‘Today’ and ‘pay’? ‘Die’ and ‘cry’? Come on. That's bush league.”

“Gideon,” Rip said softly, “Please focus.”

“Jonas could do better at rhyming, Rip,” she told him.

Taking her arm, Rip moved Gideon to one side, “I know this is normally how you process things, but this is much more serious than we usually deal with. So please, Gideon focus.”

She shrugged, “Fine, I will be serious.”

 Joe West winced as he heard his name being called by a very annoyed Eve Baxter, turning he saw her marching through the bullpen.

“Joe,” she snapped reaching him, “You're not going to use my sister as a pawn.”

Joe frowned, “Eve, I'll advise you to proceed with caution.”

“Need I remind you what happened to the last detective who went head-to-head with this sick bastard?” Eve demanded, “He lost, and an innocent girl died. I will not let you put Gideon in that position.”

Joe sighed, “Eve, I understand you want to protect your sister, but she is the one Yang has sent the riddle to, we need her. I will ensure Wells and Saunders are with her at each step, and Hunter will be there as well so go home and let us do our work.”

“Not a chance in hell,” Eve snapped.

“Eve, your sister is the only shot that we have,” Joe told her, “Period.”

Marching past him to Gideon and Rip, Eve tossed back at him, “Not my problem.”

 Gideon studied the riddle, aware of Rip hovering at her shoulder the way he did whenever he was worried about her.

“Excuse me,” the familiar voice said making them all turn to find Eve marching towards them. The moment she reached Gideon, Eve took her arm pulling her to private corner, “I need to talk to you.”

Gideon frowned, pulling her arm away from her sister, “Hey, did I miss a memo? I thought ‘Bring Your Sister to Work Day’ was next week.”

Eve frowned at her, “I forbid you to be a part of this, Gideon. You're coming with me.”

“What?” Gideon demanded, “You forbid me? I’m not a child anymore, Eve I can make my own decisions.”

Eve sighed, “Gideon, this guy knows about you, he knows about everybody you care about. Think about that,” Eve touched her sister’s cheek, “If you don't catch this son of a bitch, honey, you're never going to sleep again.”

“Rider,” Harrison yelled, “55 minutes.”

Gideon nodded at him before turning back to her sister, “Go home, Eve. I've got this and Rip will be at my side, so go home.”

Eve stared at her before sighing and heading away, “I’m here when you need me.”

Gideon shook her head and returned to Rip’s side.

“What’s wrong?” Rip asked softly.

Gideon shrugged, “Just Eve being Eve. What did I miss?”

“We’re trying to work out the riddle,” Rip told her, “Cisco said that this will be related to you so think about the last 24 hours. What you did, where you went and see if you can relate the riddle to something.”

Closing her eyes, Gideon leaned against Rip listening to his heartbeat as she let her mind slide through every step she’d made since yesterday.

She jerked back, “I know who the General is. His name is Mills.”

Rip frowned, “General Mills, the cereal manufacturer?”

“Exactly,” she nodded, “The white river is milk, and the soldiers are cereal.”

Wells, Kendra and Cisco all let out an ‘ahh’ as they put the pieces together.

“So,” Rip asked, “Who is she?”

                                 *********************************************

 Rip followed the group back into the police station. Vanessa, the waitress who had served them breakfast was now missing, and the next clue had sent them back to the station. He could see Gideon was already disturbed that someone had to have been watching them that morning, Rip wasn’t too happy about it himself, so was relieved Jonas was on his zoo trip while Miranda and his mother had both been fine when he quickly called to check on them.

“In here,” West motioned them to the conference room where a box sat wrapped like a Christmas present, “This was found outside the file room. It’s been scanned and there are no moving parts other than the stopwatch that was sitting on top of it.”

“So it’s not a bomb,” Harrison noted, “What is it?”

Kendra pulled out a pen from her pocket and gently lifted the oversized tag reading, “Gideon, a present to remember your past.”

Rip grimaced, knowing this was not going to be good, as he watched Gideon lift the lid on the present.

She let out an astonished gasp, filled with pain.

“Gideon?” Rip asked concerned.

“What is it?” Harrison demanded worry in his voice.

Slowly Gideon pulled out a small brown teddy bear, with a blue ribbon around its neck. A teddy bear that Rip knew well. Kendra, Harrison and Cisco all stared in confusion at the small scruffy stuffed creature Gideon was holding like it would shatter if she gripped it too tight.

“Gilbert,” Gideon whispered tearfully, “Why…why would he send me this? How? I keep Gilbert’s teddy in a safe.”

“Who is Gilbert?” Kendra asked confused, as she glanced at Harrison and Cisco who both shrugged.

Gideon gently rubbed the fur against her cheek, “He was my brother,” she whispered, “I lost him…he…about Jonas’ age.”

At this Rip and Gideon turned to one another, Rip grabbed his phone and began to call Miranda when it rang with Miranda calling him.

“What happened?” Rip demanded the moment he answered.

“Rip, I…I…” Miranda cried before taking a breath, “The bus the kids were on crashed.”

“Jonas?”

“He’s in the hospital,” Miranda replied, “That’s all they’d tell me.”

Rip turned to Gideon who squeezed his hand.

“Go,” she told him, “I have Harry and Kendra to help. Jonas and Miranda need you. Jonas comes first. Always.”

“I’m coming to pick you up,” Rip told Miranda, “I’ll be there in ten minutes.”

Hanging up he pressed a kiss to Gideon’s forehead before he grabbed Harrison’s arm moving him to one side.

“If this bastard knows about Gilbert,” Rip told him, “Then this could get ugly. I am trusting you to protect Gideon. Look after her, help her and pull her back if you need to.”

Harrison nodded, “I will. Check on your boy.”

Running out the station, Rip forced himself not to panic until there was something to panic about.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014), Supergirl (TV 2015), Batwoman (TV 2019), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV), Arrow (TV 2012), Black Lightning (TV) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Iris West & Kate Kane, Barry Allen/Iris West Characters: Iris West, Kate Kane, Kara Danvers, Ava Sharpe, Thea Queen, Sara Lance, Wally West, Kendra Saunders, Ray Palmer, Nate Heywood, Nia Nal, Samantha Clayton, William Clayton, Barry Allen, Mary Hamilton (mentioned), Alice (mentioned), Alex Danvers (mentioned), Laurel Lance (mentioned), Chloe Sullivan (mentioned), Gary Greene (mentioned), Cisco Ramon (mentioned), Peter Gambi (mentioned), Jennifer Pierce (mentioned), Perenna (mentioned), Superman (mentioned), Lois Lane (mentioned) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Coffeeshop AU, gratuitous crossovers, full on mixing all five shows here, and stealing from Smallville, Women Being Awesome, Iris is a spy, spy Iris West, Jitters is a front for the JLA, boss Kate Kane, Kate runs the coffeeshop, Alex and Ava and Lyla run the JLA, kid William Clayton, William's love of the Flash, Fluff without Plot, friendship fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Cisco and Gambi are buds, who run the world, women, time bros, i have squeezed every possible reference in Series: Part 5 of Iris Week 2020 Summary:

Iris Week 2020 Day 5: Coffeeshop AU!

Iris’s paycheck might say she’s a barista, but it’s been a long time since she’s had any reservations about her real job: taking the temperature of the crowds they use to mask the underground Justice League headquarters.

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“Don’t tell anyone,” Iris repeats mockingly to herself, “But I have it on good authority that one of the regulars here is Batwoman.” Scoffing, Iris slams the cash register closed. She gets a few of these fringe people every week, insisting to her that the data shows that Jitters just has to be the locus of all the superheroes Iris can imagine.

Iris is great at customer service: she’ll smile and ask “Oh, really? Should I be watching out for Black Canary in the morning rush?” and scooch into the unoccupied chair across from the newest theorist, and this is almost always a good strategy to get the down-low.

Ripping the rag off her shoulder, Iris goes through the kitchen, dodging colleagues, and raps at Kate’s door.

“Yeah?”

“Your sister thinks Batwoman’s a regular here,” Iris says, rolling her eyes as Kate stares over the computer screen. “Are you ever gonna tell her? Because one day she’s gonna tell that theory to the wrong friendly face.”

Kate lets out a very small groan. “Mary?”

“If it was your other sister we’d be in a lot more trouble, because I think Kara would’ve vaporized her,” Iris says. “Kate, we need a better front. Literally anything. Casino?”

“I’ve been telling her,” Kara says herself, materializing at Iris’s elbow. Iris doesn’t even jump anymore. “Alex says the funds just aren’t here.”

“You have no idea how much money my family is worth,” Thea shouts from the depths of the kitchen, clearly eavesdropping.

“Are you even working?” Sara shouts back.

“Like you’re one to talk, babe,” Ava says, stepping off the elevator and appraising Sara’s makeshift pull-up bar in the freezer doorway. “Iris, did you say you have a new conspiracy theorist?”

Iris’s paycheck might say she’s a barista, but it’s been a long time since she’s had any reservations about her real job: taking the temperature of the crowds they use to mask the underground Justice League headquarters.

“Kate still hasn’t told her sister, and now Mary’s telling me about it,” Iris reports. “Other than Mary, I’ve still got crazy Chloe Sullivan, who fully believes Superman works here, and Gary Greene, who is becoming uncomfortably...Gary.”

“Can someone help out front, please?” Kendra calls through the kitchen. “It’s getting very busy!”

“I’m comin’!” Wally says, juggling hand-whipped milk and fancy batter for pastries Iris can’t name – one of the many perks of a speedster on the staff. Kara snatches the bowl of batter as he passes and disappears off toward the ovens, heat vision starting to glow.

“Yeah, I’m heading back out,” Iris sighs, rapping Kate’s door again. “Seriously. We could be anything, this is just exhausting. Gambi and Cisco have a petition running around the lower levels to switch to a tailor’s.”

“Too many people come through here to ignore,” Ava says. “If you really need, I’ll ask around to see if we can get someone else in here to lighten your load.”

“I hear Lois Lane is great at this kinda thing,” Iris snarks. Kara barks a laugh from the other side of the kitchen. It’s a good point; Lois is pushy and brassy and all wrong for this kind of work. Iris needs spies. Or therapists. Would Jen’s meta-therapist – Perenna, right? – be a good source? “Yeah, I’m going.”

When Iris reemerges into the hustle of the coffeeshop proper, she takes a moment to readjust. While they do hate the conspiracy theorists, it’s because they are right; if a hero isn’t working at Jitters, they’re definitely connected here in other ways. Iris has a panic button on her phone and her keys for just that reason: she’s a walking compendium of secret identities.

“You take the orders, Ray,” Iris says as she passes him, patting his shoulder. Ray is perhaps the only person Iris knows who actually enjoys customer service, and he makes an excellent human shield for just this reason. “I’m going to call out orders.”  

For a bit, Iris can just lose herself in the flow of the work. It’s nice, at least, to be paid a living wage and know she’s safe and that she works among friends. Ray cheerfully listens to what Iris considers to be ridiculous names for beverages, Nate makes them, hip-checking Ray every other order, and hands them off to Iris, who calls out names. Nia is on cash register, and Iris can’t believe she’s been as patient as she has with them high-fiving over her head.

“Two hot chocolates for Samantha?” Iris calls. A woman she vaguely recognizes hurries up to the counter, and Iris stares at her face, trying to memorize the details in case they’re the key to Iris’s memory: long dark hair parted exactly in the middle, wide, tired eyes, thin nose, pale skin. It’s not until Iris notices the little boy tucked into her side that it clicks.

“Hey, what’cha got there?” Iris asks conspiratorially. William Clayton looks up at her with adorable gentle curiosity. “Is that a Flash action figure?”

“He loves the Flash,” Samantha says, and Iris nods sagely. “We went to the parade this year and William saw him run past, I think it was the happiest moment of his entire life.”

Now that Iris is looking, she sees a lot of other Flash-related details on Oliver’s son: a backpack full of the lightning insignia; red-and-gold shoelaces. His fingers worry and worry at the figure; he drops it and quickly picks it back up.

The bell at the door tinkles, and when Iris sees who’s coming in, she smiles wide.

“Hey,” Iris whispers. “You really love the Flash?”

William nods eagerly. Iris looks over his head and makes eye contact with her boyfriend.

“I can promise you,” Iris says, her gaze still pinned to Barry, “He comes through here at least every Tuesday.”

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